How To Install xtables-addons-common on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xtables-addons-common
on Kali Linux.
What is xtables-addons-common
xtables-addons-common is:
Xtables-addons provides extra modules for iptables not present in the kernel, and is the successor of patch-o-matic. Extensions includes new targets like TEE, TARPIT, CHAOS, or modules like geoip and account.
This package provides the userspace libraries for iptables to use extensions in the xtables-addons-modules package.
Note: this package is only useful with a corresponding xtables-addons-dkms package, which you may produce with module-assistant:
module-assistant auto-install xtables-addons-source
There are three methods to install xtables-addons-common
on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install xtables-addons-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install xtables-addons-common
using apt-get
by running the following command:
Install xtables-addons-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install xtables-addons-common
using apt
by running the following command:
Install xtables-addons-common Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install xtables-addons-common
using aptitude
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall xtables-addons-common on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the xtables-addons-common
package we can use the following command:
Uninstall xtables-addons-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xtables-addons-common
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
Remove xtables-addons-common Configurations and Data
To remove xtables-addons-common
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
Remove xtables-addons-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xtables-addons-common
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
Dependencies
xtables-addons-common have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xtables-addons-common
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.